China--People

Images will be environmental portraits ideally, but traditional portraits are also acceptable if that's all you have. This is NOT the challenge for images of the Great Wall, Forbidden City, etc . . . that will be another challenge.

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Announced:

Thursday, 20th December, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 27th December, 2012 –
Wednesday, 2nd January, 2013
(GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 3rd January, 2013 –
Wednesday, 9th January, 2013
(GMT)

Processing rules:

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Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

-Image must be 1600 pixels on the longest side.

-1% leeway on size restrictions

-Must have a meaningful title

-Either title or details must give location where image was shot

-Environmental photographs should be given a slight "bonus" (about 0.5 points)

-Non-environmental portraits (i.e., ones not showing subject interacting with his/her environment) should have their scores voted down by about 0.5 points.

-Photos that are the recipient of suspicious voting patterns (come on; we all know them when we see them) will be DQ'd.

-I will recognize the top few "Judge's Choice" images in the Challenge forum, after the voting phase has ended.

-IF YOU ENTERED AN IMAGE, ***PLEASE*** VOTE ON ALL OTHER ENTRIES. THIS SHOULD TAKE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES TO DO. THANKS. :-)

Your complaint (along with the complaints of others regarding this entry) will be
reviewed by the challenge owner. Depending upon the nature and applicability of the
complaint, the entry may be disqualified. In extreme circumstances the user who submitted
the entry may receive a ban from the challenge or series in question.